URL for Guam IRA November 2017 Newsletter

URL:  http://mnrivera1.com/IRA_November_2017.pdf

Click here to view the November 2017 Guam Council IRA newsletter.

Book Creator

By Rose Castro and Martha Sudo

https://bookcreator.com

In the classroom, teachers or kids can

create individual pages that become

books. Once they're familiar with the

basic functions, it's time for kids and

teachers to start creating: fiction or

nonfiction books, how-to manuals with

video and audio instructions, photo

books, comic strips, and more. Book

Creator for iPad is an amazingly easy-touse

digital book-making tool. With

guidance, even kids in early elementary

school grades can use this technology

tool to produce and publish their own

simple books or comics with images,

videos, and audio. Readers can access

published books via iBooks or other online

sources, or books can be printed on

paper.

You can go to app.bookcreator.com,

register as a teacher and start creating

books right away. As a teacher, you can

have 40 books free for your

classroom. Book Creator for Chrome is

ready to try for free! Go to

Book Creator

app.bookcreator.com

URL for May 2017 Guam Council IRA Newsletter

Visit this URL:  http://mnrivera1.com/May.2017.IRA.News.pdf 
to view the May 2017 Guam Council IRA newsletter.                

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from around the Pacific! May the year 2017 bring you many blessings filled with much love, joy, peace, and happiness!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! - English
Biba Añu Nuebu! – Chamorro
Feliz Año Nuevo! – Spanish
Peren En Parakapw! – Pohnpeian
Engan ke ya sasu! - Kosraean
Jeramman ilo iio in ekaal! – Marshallese
Pwapwan Ei Ier Mi Fo – Chuukese
Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu – Japanese
Ungil Beches Er Rak! – Palauan
Selsalan Ebéach e duw! – Yapese
Maligayang Bagong Taon – Tagalog
Hauoli Makahiki Hou – Hawaiian
Sehe Bokmanee Bateuseyo! – Korean
Gung Hay Fat Choy – Chinese
Cung-Chuc Tan-Xuan! – Vietnamese
Ameseighil ubwutiiwel Layúi Luugh me raagh féé! – Carolinian

Image source: howtolearn.com

Merry Christmas from around the Pacific!

Merry Christmas from around the Pacific!

~Felis Pasgua (Chamorro)
~Maligayan Pasko (Tagalog)
~Peren en Krismas (Pohnpeian)
~Monono ilo raaneoan Nejin (Marshallese)
~Falang e Baynag (Yapese)
~Tok Tapeng (Kosraean)
~Ungil Kurismas (Palauan)
~Pwapwan Kirisimas (Chuukese)
~Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian)
~Ameseighil ubwutiiwel Layi Luugh me raagh fee (Carolinian)

ESSA guidance for teachers

Visit www.nabe.org

The U.S. DOE recently offered guidelines for the newest reauthorization of the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA. This blueprint focuses on helping teachers perform better, and in turn helping their students do the same. That means every student succeeds when their teachers succeed in their endeavors, too. The Department of Education plans to handhold the states and districts through the transition from the controversial No Child Left Behind Act to the ESSA.  READ MORE 

Source:  nabe.org, Bambi Majumdar - http://exclusive.multibriefs.com/content/a-closer-look-at-the-new-essa-guidance-for-teachers/education

4 strategies to help ELLs in the mainstream classroom

Visit www.tesol.org

Edutopia

From Sept. 11: It is possible to help a beginning English language learner improve so much in a matter of months that he or she can pass the sixth through eighth grade state standardized tests. This student can go from five to 50 percent on a school curriculum test. It's happening in my middle school classroom, and it can happen in your classrooms, too. With the right support and differentiation, ELLs will be successful in your general education or language arts classroom.  READ MORE

Source:  TESOL.org